Muse Lee 이비

He/him. Writer of ARISTOS: the Musical and other scribbles. "It intrigues me it worries me and by god is there old man yaoi" (Elliot)

[bimuselee]

Hi, everyone! I'm Muse or 비 (Bi), and this is the birdhouse where my artistic spirit builds a nest!!

TAGS:

Troy ⚔️:

My musical Aristos, which is what most of you are here for! You'll find messy demos, character thoughts, ideas for songs and scenes, and other loose pages.

Whale Songs 🐳:

My first folk EP Whale Fall! Demos, rambles, and probably lots of whale pictures.

Ghost Stories 👻:

My second folk EP Ghost Towns--now in progress! Lyrics, vibes, desolate pictures of half-forgotten places. It won't let me hyperlink with the ghost emoji, which is very sad.

Musings 🌧️:

Pages from my metaphorical diary (because my actual diary must never see the light of day). Previous topics have included: artists I like, the old guitar I found, my search for the perfect songwriting notebook, and some really good folk music I heard at a bar.

Song for the Asking 💌:

Asks! I love Asks! Send me Asks!

Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream 🌙:

I have weird dreams.

UNTAGGED:

The shiny pebbles that roll around in my head all day. The stuff that inspires me as a songwriter and slips into Aristos when I'm not looking. Rock stars and ancient art and folk songs and righting wrongs. Lots of yelling in the tags.

This account exists because after five all-consuming years of content creation and fanbase cultivation, I took a big step back from the public-facing aspect of Aristos. I'm writing a fresh draft that I'm very proud of, and also taking inspiration from all the new creative interests I've been able to garden now that I have room to breathe. I wanted a social media account that felt more like a cozy studio than a brand factory, so here we are!

Thanks for coming in, and remember to leave your shoes at the door 💛

[currentlycryingaboutlancelot]

hamlet is so funny all the time. horatio being like ghosts aren’t real. i know this. i know ghosts aren’t real. i am a real mature student who goes to school and studies real mature things so i know ghosts aren’t real. i know this because i go to school. gets to denmark and the guards are like oh you go to school??? thank God we need someone who learned how to talk to ghosts

[the-tenth-arcanum]

unlovable creatures quotes from: the tempest, shakespeare // henry vi part 3, shakespeare // frankenstein, mary shelley // frankenstein (play), nick dear

[bobdylanyaoi]

han would be the one who listens to bruce springsteen but luke is the most brucecoded

[life-on-our-planet]

eepy mourning dove cupping its wings under its belly for cushion ©Ella

[dogpuppy]

[bobdylanyaoi]

i just know he was like guys guys guys wait take a picture. guys hold on take a picture of me

[bobdylanyaoi]

[kurgy]

tucson aint got much but it does have a bridge shaped like a rattlesnake

[kurgy]

hes my friend

[kurgy]

glad people are reblogging my friend the bridge snake

[bard-o-lator]

My friend and I just saw Hearts of Fire on the big screen and after it was finished, I of course had to introduce him to another cinematic masterpiece, your "Want some eggs?" recreation. He would like to know if you went out and bought all those eggs or if you were playing the long game and collecting cartons from all the eggs you bought over two years. Thank you for your time and attention to this important matter.

hey!!!! I watched your star trek presentation at the dylan conference!

At the time (2020) i lived with my parents and we had chickens in the backyard. We would share our eggs with people, and people would give us their cartons to reuse. So that's why we had a big stash of cartons. It was only the front layer of the fridge and freezer, not completely filled depth-wise. The biggest challenge was doing it all before the stuff from the freezer got too warm. i just did the scene over and over on a loop for about 15 minutes until i got it close enough to the original.

I enjoy thinking about the very real set decorator who had to set up that shot in the real one, we share a unique experience. it's a good, intentionally funny gag in hearts of fire!

I'm SO jealous you got to see it on the big screen. how was the audience reaction?? were there a lot of laughs? do you know anything about where that print came from?? I'm hopeful it makes its way to new york, i absolutely need it.

[bimuselee]

Was gonna just reply to this, but decided I needed Egg Lore™️ on my blog. Omg. I was so focused on the infinite eggs that I didn’t even consider everything that must’ve been melting on the counter. This is delightful, thank you.

Believe it or not, it was on a double bill with Shadow Kingdom. The whiplash was beautiful. The audience was howling. The reaction to the Nobel Prize line was indescribable. Person in my row was crying laughing. Folks were saying afterwards that they hadn’t laughed that hard in months. No clue where the print came from. But it needs to be protected forever like a national treasure. Worst movie I’ve ever seen /affectionate /derogatory

We were standing around chatting after and it seemed there was a solid mix of people who had seen it before and people who hadn't. But even the Dylan diehards who had seen it had maybe watched it once decades ago and then never again. They'd all written it off. So, it was fresh for everyone, which is an experience I have NEVER had before in Dylanverse--I'm always the one (1) person in the room experiencing something for the first time 😅

Also, HI!!!! I saw you at my panel and recognized you from that video 🤣 I wish I could’ve made it to one of your roundtables—there were just so many incredible things scheduled at the same time at every waking hour of that conference. (I was SO hungry by the end.) Said friend and I also met at my panel. It’s all coming together. PLEASE hmu if you and your partner (who I had a delightful Star Trek chat with) are ever on our coast. We need to discuss this movie so badly. And we just wanna hang. And I need him to stop referring to you as Tumblr Egg Woman.

[bard-o-lator]

I’d love to hang!!! Same here if you get to nyc. Aw man, what you describe makes me unbelievably jealous. I PRAY I get to experience that in a crowd too!! I’m so glad you got to do that. Isnt meeting Bob people just the best?? Dean says hi, we are going to a they might be giants concert rn 😎 I look forward to talking more HOF with you!!

[bimuselee]

If you haven't yet, you gotta check out all the Letterboxd reviews specifically from that screening. They are a DELIGHT. Here is a sampler:

I HOPE YOU AND DEAN HAD FUN AT THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS!! And hope we'll get a chance to hang soon!!! 🫡 (I'm sure we will--Bob world is a small world!)

[amuseoffyre]

One of my favourite photos from my trip to Warsaw in 2006

[thestrawberrydreams]

Inclusive language is for everyone!!

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

Their boyfriend is their partner why is this hard to understand

[korben600]

Also, “partner” is just a good word? It implies an equal relationship where both of your work together in pursuit of something, whether that be life goals or just having fun together.

It’s a good word. People should use it more.

[transgender-rex]

[charlesoberonn]

You could also be a pair of detectives. Or work in a lawfirm. Very useful word.

[felisorablue]

also! can be inclusive to aromatics with platonic life partners! which is rad as hell

or partners is crime, your choice :) on how that's interpreted :)

[lesbianshepard]

Hating how Nolan's Odyssey looks on the basis of being into Classics, but chuds have made it a culture war thing, so now I'm fighting for my life arguing that the issue isn't that Nolan cast trans and black people as gods and heroes, it's that he cast those people and then put them in dogshit costumes

[syndicateanyboat]

marketing an album as being a sentimental reflection on his childhood and then having it start with a psychotic stalker techno bonanza is so, so paul

[tk421-afk]

[thebeeshaveknees]

Quark can't say Fuck because Fuck is a valid ferengi name and he doesn't know what cousin Fuck did to the hu-mons that they say his name with such vitriol but Quark is proud of him for it

[golongbyjoannanewsom]

obsessed w this person in the replies